Where: Virginia (36.8° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kempsville Member (Acredale Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Collection from 3.66 m above the base of the section, from 1.28 m thick sandstone. Kempsville Member of Acredale Fm. Late Pleistocene in age, presumably from stage 5 (70-125,000 ybp).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, coarse, gray, blue, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Collection methods: bulk,
• Collected by authors. Collections reside in the USNM
Primary reference: R. S. Spencer and L.D. Campbell. 1987. The fauna and paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene marine sediments of southeastern Virginia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 92(327):1-124 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57705: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.12.2005, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides lobatulus Walker and Jacob 1798 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Nodosariata | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia danae Agassiz 1850 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Cliona sp. demosponge | |
Sedentaria | |
Polydora sp. Bosk 1801 | |
Polychaeta | |
Gastropoda | |
Kurtziella cerina Kurtz and Stimpson 1851 snail | |
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus, Busycon carica
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
"Anachis lafresnayi" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi
"Anachis lafresnayi" = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi Fischer and Bernardi 1857 snail | |
"Dentimargo aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus
"Dentimargo aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus Stearns 1872 margin shell | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
Atractodon stonei murex snail | |
"Cerithiopsis greeni" = Cerithiopsis greenii
"Cerithiopsis greeni" = Cerithiopsis greenii Adams 1839 snail | |
Cingula norfolkensis snail | |
"Hydrobia totteni" = Hydrobia truncata
"Hydrobia totteni" = Hydrobia truncata Vanatta 1924 snail | |
Circulus liratus Verrill 1882 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Epitonium championi wentletrap
Epitonium multistriatum Say 1826 wentletrap
Epitonium angulatum Say 1831 wentletrap
Epitonium humphreysii Kiener 1838 wentletrap | |
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Solemya velum" = Solemya (Petrasma) velum
"Solemya velum" = Solemya (Petrasma) velum Say 1822 Atlantic Awning Clam | |
Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Modiolus squamosus mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam | |
Divalinga quadrisulcata, "Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata
Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam | |
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam | |
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Cumingia tellinoides Conrad 1831 clam
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra
Semele cf. purpurascens Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Donax parvula, "Donax roemeri" = Serrula variabilis
Donax parvula clam | |
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus, "Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina texana" = Angulus texanus Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam | |
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam | |
Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria campechiensis, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis, Gemma purpurea
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Gemma purpurea venus clam | |
Diplodonta punctata Say 1822 clam | |
Bornia longipes clam | |
Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam | |
Paramya subovata Conrad 1845 softshell clam | |
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam | |
"Periploma leana" = Aperiploma lena
"Periploma leana" = Aperiploma lena Conrad 1831 clam | |
Lyonsia hyalina Conrad 1831 clam | |
"Pandora gouldiana" = Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana, "Pandora trilineata" = Pandora (Pandora) trilineata
"Pandora gouldiana" = Pandora (Pandora) gouldiana Say 1822 clam
"Pandora trilineata" = Pandora (Pandora) trilineata Say 1822 clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cryptosula pallasiana Moll 1803 | |
Hippoporidra calcarea Smitt 1873 | |
Membranipora tenuis Desor 1848 | |
Electra monostachys Busk 1854 | |
Microporella ciliata Pallas 1766 | |
Mammalia | |
Halichoerus grypus Fabricius 1791 grey seal | |
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus |